2.19.2010

Ravelympics Day 8: Meet Francis

On my last "Ravelympics" post, many of you guessed what kind of creature I was knitting up. Great guesses! Many of you thought I was making a chicken or an ostrich.. and one of you guessed that I was making a kiwi. :)

But only one of you (Christina) guessed correctly.

Its a...

Turkey!

And isn't he so funny and ugly-cute?! I love how fat he is.

We have a lot of Wild Turkeys around where we live.

They really are ugly things in real life, but fun to watch and listen to.

That turkey looks like he has a lot of character! You make such lovely toys - your little girl is very lucky! I imagine the 'kiwi' comment referred to the bird rather than the fruit... although knitted fruit would actually be kind of cool now I come to think about it.

Totally awesome! I think you've just inspired me to make one myself. My great grandparents used to own a turkey farm in Illinois and I have some great pictures of my mom and uncle hanging out with the ugly little creatures. I think I need one now!